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carefull (obsolete)

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attentive to potential danger, error or harm; cautious.
:He was a slow and careful driver.
conscientious and painstaking; meticulous.
:They made a careful search of the crimescene.

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Careful \Care"ful\ (k[^a]r"f[.u]l), a. [AS. cearful.]
1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous. [Archaic]
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Be careful [Rev. Ver. "anxious"] for nothing.
--Phil. iv. 6.
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The careful plowman doubting stands. --Milton.
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2. Filling with care or solicitude; exposing to concern,
anxiety, or trouble; painful.
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The careful cold beginneth for to creep. --Spenser.
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By Him that raised me to this careful height.
--Shak.
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3. Taking care; giving good heed; watchful; cautious;
provident; not indifferent, heedless, or reckless; --
often followed by of, for, or the infinitive; as, careful
of money; careful to do right.
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Thou hast been careful for us with all this care.
--2. Kings iv,
13.
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What could a careful father more have done?
--Dryden.

Syn: Anxious; solicitous; provident; thoughtful; cautious;
circumspect; heedful; watchful; vigilant.
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WordNet careful
adj 1: exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were
careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to
keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research";
"careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of
others"; "careful about one's behavior" [ant: careless]
2: cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of
his father's advice" [syn: heedful]
3: with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace";
"with all deliberate speed" [syn: deliberate, measured]
4: full of cares or anxiety; "Thou art careful and troubled
about many things"-Luke 10.41
5: mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with
money" [syn: thrifty]

Moby Dictionary
Scotch , accurate , advertent , agog , alert , all ears , all eyes ,
assiduous , attentive , aware , calculating , canny , cautious , chary ,
cheeseparing , circumspect , concentrated , conscientious ,
conscionable , conscious , conserving , considerate , critical ,
curious , deliberate , diligent , discreet , discriminating ,
discriminative , duteous , dutiful , earnest , economic , economizing ,
enlightened , exact , fastidious , finical , finicking , finicky ,
forehanded , foresighted , frugal , fussy , gingerly , guarded , heedful ,
hesitant , intense , intent , intentive , judgmatic , judicial ,
judicious , labor-saving , leaving out nothing , loving , meticulous ,
mindful , money-saving , nice , niggling , noncommittal , observant ,
observing , on guard , on the ball , on the job , open-eared ,
open-eyed , openmouthed , overconscientious ,
overlooking no possibility , overscrupulous , painstaking ,
parsimonious , particular , pawky , penny-wise , politic , precise ,
provident , prudent , prudential , punctilious , punctual , reflecting ,
reflective , regardful , religious , safe , saving , scrimping ,
scrupulous , skimping , slow to act , solicitous , spare , sparing ,
strict , studied , systematic , tender , tender-conscienced , tentative ,
thorough , thoughtful , thrifty , time-saving , unadventurous ,
uncommunicative , undaring , unenterprising , unprecipitate ,
unwasteful , vigilant , wary , watchful , well-advised , well-judged

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